Policies of Regional and Trans-regional Powers Affecting Transferring Caspian Sea Energy and Its Effects on National Interests of Islamic Republic of Iran

Darvishi, Leyla (2018) Policies of Regional and Trans-regional Powers Affecting Transferring Caspian Sea Energy and Its Effects on National Interests of Islamic Republic of Iran. Masters thesis, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili.

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This paper examines the policies of regional and trans-regional powers affecting the transfer of energy from the Caspian Sea and its impacts on the national interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran. due to oil and gas resources of Caspian sea and its unique geopolitical position, Caspian Sea is the scene of rivalry amoung powers. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russians considered the region as their backyard and had full control over the area. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and the creation of a vacuum of power in this region and also because of the rise in importance of the Caspian Sea energy, this region has been the scene of rivalry and influence of various actors. The main question of this research is that the how the policies of the regional and international powers influencing the transfer of energy from the Caspian Sea have had effects on the national interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran? The hypothesis of this research is that the prioritizing of political interests to economic interests, foreign influence and regional and trans-regional competitions has led to putting aside Iran from energy pipelines in the Caspian Sea, which in the long run could reduce the role of Iran's influence on oil and economic equations of the world. This research has been done using a descriptive-analytic method to examine and evaluate the main hypothesis of the research. The results of the research showed that the policies of the regional and trans-regional powers of the Caspian region on the economic, political, security and environmental aspects has affected the national interests of Iran. amoung the countries of the Caspian Sea region, Iran because special geopolitical position and its location between the two energy reservoirs of the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf it can be as a bridge between the Caspian states and high waters but due to the presence and influence of the regional powers and trans-regional powers this situation of Iran has faced challenges.

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